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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Justin C who wrote (86064)	6/16/2010 11:54:10 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (10) \| Respond to of 224769

Yes, he will kick Cheney's ass because it was Cheney's policies which got us into this mess.----------------- Among the many questions is what role the (Cheney) task force may have played in a 2003 decision by the MMS not to require offshore rigs to install an acoustic shut-off switch, a remote-controlled backup system that seals off an underwater well even if the rig above is destroyed. Countries like Norway and Brazil require this precaution, and MMS considered doing the same. But oil companies complained that the $500,000 devices were too expensive and, they argued, ineffective. Ultimately, MMS made the switches optional. The Deepwater Horizon was not outfitted with such a device, which could have prevented the spill. Other concerns include a failure to implement new cementing policies or act on known concerns about key components on drilling rigs. motherjones.com

To: Justin C who wrote (86064)	6/17/2010 10:29:58 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224769

>You're Too Dumb to Understand the Genius that Is Barack Obama [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Thursday, June 17, 2010 This text actually appears on the top of CNN's homepage right now: "President Obama's speech on the gulf oil disaster Tuesday night was written at a 10th-grade level, which, according to analysts, may have gone over the heads of many in his audience." This is the associated article, which concludes: At a micro level, the average word in the speech contained 4.5 letters, a bit longer than is typical for the former constitutional law professor, Payack said. Obama's nearly 10th-grade-level rating was the highest of any of his major speeches and well above the Grade 7.4 of his 2008 "Yes, we can" victory speech, which many consider his best effort, Payack said. "The scores indicate that this was not Obama at his best, especially when attempting to make an emotional connection to the American people," he added.<